If GOG held a convention where members and the public could visit to meet each other, meet GOG team members, play multiplayer and co-op games, give away promo's and GOG merchandise, and maybe even be able to sit down and play some tabletop games for the heck of it, would you attend?

Personally, no.

If it was on the west coast, absolutely.

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No.
I have a feeling there are too many people in here that would love the beat the shit out of me if given the chance.

And what do you think people at EVE Fanfest would want to do to people who blew up their ships that they had worked on for years?

A convention is a place to meet like minded people, whether it's good or bad terms. And most people wouldn't even know who you are as they'd be meeting you in person for the first time.

I wouldn't have beef with you, personally.

If it was in Europe I would try to make it there.

You mean take away our internet anonymity? Scary ;-) I might attend if it were nearby, but where I'm at few if any of these types of things tend to be. Probably couldn't take enough time off work to travel far though.

I'm a bit concerned that bringing people together like that would lead to giant arguments about DRM, old vs. new games, Steam, etc. And it would all end in a bloodbath.

A friend of mine got married at eve fanfest last year. but also look at what happened when The Mittani happened to give out the name of a player who was suffering from depression and suggested that that player should kill himself.

Id like to meet a few members here but to be honest im too lazy to actually go to these meeting. I got kicked out of my AA group for poor attendance.

I can only imagine how arguments of Star Wars vs Star Trek go down at Comicon, among countless other places. If they didn't have security, who knows what would happen.

If the convention served to educate about DRM or give some other solid purpose as to why it's being held, how accepted it was would be up to attendees. It could even be a medium to meet with publishers who whole-heartedly support DRM-free, CD Projekt Red among them of course. You could even possibly meet developers of some of the classics from years ago and either praise them or ask questions about their classics, or their new projects.

Arguments are part of life, but that's why we have security for the more out-of-hand ones ;-) A late congrats to your friend on marriage.

I also know about the person with depression, but this was made worse by EVE team members purposely on stage chatting him in game, persuading him to commit suicide as a joke. After that, while I wasn't really playing EVE much any more anyway, I just lost all want to enjoy the game, knowing that the team was so immature and tight knit with it's PvP community that they were willing to taunt people for real. But I also know they were called out and they sent out serious apologies after and did a lot for the player who was the target, but that was obviously just to cover their arse.

Kicked out of your AAA group? Shame on you :P

that bit was meant to be a joke. just thought i would add that in :-P
you know what they say, silence id golden duct tape is silver.

I honestly can't believe they would have another convention after the disaster of the last one.

Oh yea, I agree these conventions can be really great. I was just kidding with that comment, in case it seemed I was serious. :)

In all honesty I really like the idea. GOG did that BBQ during the summer at E3, but I'm not sure if it was for developers only or open to fans.

They could do a similar "GOG meetup" at a future convention, perhaps.

or just do the small local ones that a few other sights i know of do?